Membership & Affiliations

Pauline Newman Inn of Court (2015-2016)

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Michael Gershoni

Associate

Michael Gershoni joined the firm’s intellectual property litigation group in 2016.

During law school, Michael interned for Apple’s IP enforcement team and externed for the Honorable Susan G. Braden at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He also served as a managing editor of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Quarterly Journal, where his article, An Argument Against Reinventing the Wheel: Using an Obviousness Analysis to Bring Consistency and Clarity to Patent Eligibility Determinations of Software Patents After Alice Corp, was published in Spring 2016.

Michael has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. His coursework covered a broad array of topics including design and manufacturing, mechanics of materials, C++ programming, and electrical circuits, systems and applications.

Represented occupants of an artists’ warehouse pro bono in San Francisco before the Superior Court of San Francisco – Civil Division in a jury trial involving eviction proceedings. Conducted all aspects of the trial including jury selection, opening and closing arguments, and examination of the witnesses

Publications

Co-author, “Shielded by Sovereignty: The Implications for Patentees of Covidien v. University of Florida Research Foundation & Its Progeny,” American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 45 AIPLA Q.J. 593 (Fall 2017)

Author, An Argument Against Reinventing the Wheel: Using an Obviousness Analysis to Bring Consistency and Clarity to Patent Eligibility Determinations of Software Patents After Alice Corp., American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 44 AIPLA Q.J. 495 (2016)